Kansas
Where can you find dinosaur bones, moon rocks, award winning elderberry wine, great works of art, and the perfect fishing hole? Where can you see bison grazing on open prairie that still bears the deeply cut grooves of pioneer wagon wheels? Where can you discover all of this and more in one place? Where else but Kansas. Featured Lakes
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Independence Park
On the Missouri river, the park offers camping, picnics, and fishing.
Atchison, KS RecreationHistoric Church Tour
St. Mary's Cathedral "Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception" is the proper name of this church which is the direct successor of the First Catholic Church in Wichita built in 1872. The building you will see was laid in 1906. The tour takes approximately 45-60 minutes. Please call (316) 263-6
Wichita, KS ToursOregon and Santa Fe Trails
In the 1830s, settlers heading for the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails crossed the Missouri River at this point. Teams of oxen pulled the loaded wagons through the "cut " in the hillside you can still see today.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Pioneer LifeMethodist Church
A wood frame building was built to be the first church in Sylvia. In 1911 the board members realized the church was too small for the congregation. A two story brick building with full basement was built and the first service was held in September 1912. Over 100
Sylvia, KS Historic ChurchesScandia Museum
The Scandia Museum houses many relics from the early settlers who were mostly Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.
Scandia, KS MuseumsCorporal Noah V. Ness Statue
A vital link that ties centuries and generations together are the stories of our heritage and the documents and monuments that recapture them.
Ness City, KS Arts
Great Plains Transportation Museum
The Great Plains Transportation Museum, GPTM, displays a wide assortment of railroad equipment, artifacts and memorabilia. The two largest displays are the Santa Fe steam locomotive #3768 and the Santa Fe FP45 diesel #93
Wichita, KS MuseumsFort Wallace Museum
On the grounds of the Fort Wallace Museum visitors will find the original Pond Creek Stage Station, built in 1865 as a "home station"
Sharon Springs, KS MuseumsBarber County State Lake
Stop an take in the scenery at Barber County State Lake. Enjoy the 77
Medicine Lodge, KS RecreationPost Office WPA Mural
The Post Office was built in 1936. Inside is the mural "Rural Delivery," depicting a postman of yesterday delivering mail to his country patrons. It was painted by Kenneth Adams, a WPA artist.
Goodland, KS ArtsSt. Ignatius Chapel
The St. Ignatius Chapel was built here in 1889 and replaced the original chapel which had been built near here in 1871. Historical Marker (1967) - "
Fort Leavenworth, KS Historic Churches